Constitutional Justice M. Guntur Hamzah while delivering the Court’s verdict at a Ruling Hearing in the Plenary Courtroom of Building 1 at the Constitutional Court. Photo by MKRI/Teguh

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JAKARTA (MKRI) — The Constitutional Court (MK) dismissed the petition for the 2024 DPR/DPRD (House of Representatives/Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute of Banten Province for the South Tangerang City 5. This Ruling Hearing No 101-02-10-16/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 was held on Tuesday, May 21 2024 in the Court’s Plenary Courtroom. The case was petitioned by Darry Arsyad, a Hanura candidate no 3 for South Tangerang City 4.

'In the main petition, the Petitioner’s petition is declared inadmissible,' stated Chief Justice Suhartoyo, accompanied by the other eight Constitutional Justices.

Constitutional Justice M. Guntur Hamzah, when delivering the legal considerations, stated the Petitioner's petition found discrepancies between the posita and petitum and lacked a clear and adequate explanation in the posita. It failed to contain errors in the calculation of vote results as determined by the Respondent and the correct vote results according to the Petitioner, and it lacked a request to annul the vote results determined by the Respondent and to establish the correct vote results according to the Petitioner. Therefore, there is no doubt for the Court to declare the Petitioner's application vague.

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In his petition, the Petitioner contended that the contents of the General Election Commission (KPU) Decision No. 360 of 2024 concerning the 2024 DPR/DPRD (House of Representatives/Regional Legislative Council) election results dispute of Tangerang City in South Tangerang 4 were fundamentally flawed legally from the outset, as they were based on a legal product that also contained very serious legal defects. The Petitioner argued that both the KPU Decision of South Tangerang City No. 287 of 2024 and the KPU Decision No. 360 of 2024 concerning the results should be legally considered null and void from their issuance, as if they never existed, along with all their legal consequences.

Author : Utami Argawati
Editor : Lulu Anjarsari P.

Translator : Gabrielle K.W/Fuad Subhan

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

 

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